I was able to do a little work on the hull, completed touch-up on weld seams, sanded, primed, and painted the hull. It is hard not to want to spend a lot of time working on the details and proper painting, but the goal in mind is complete the boat. Maybe this will give you an idea of the amount of seams I had to fix......
Like I mentioned earlier, I re-did the pushrods. I also tested the range of my bow plane, rudder, and stern planes.
The forward most servos have the pushrod coming in from the bottom and the aft two have the pushrod coming in from the top. This creates a clearance if the pushrods should cross. The new pushrod in pushrod bearing (Marked D. or Stern Plane) was tight again. I am sure that the brass rod has a variance to it, a little variance and it gets super tight. I sanded with 1200 grit paper. Chucking up the brass rod into the bit, I turned the rod at a slow speed and moved the sand paper up and down to try to keep it even. Then applied a lot of silicon oil to the rod and worked it through the bearing and moved through its paces seeing if it would get better. It did get better.
Like I mentioned earlier, I re-did the pushrods. I also tested the range of my bow plane, rudder, and stern planes.
The forward most servos have the pushrod coming in from the bottom and the aft two have the pushrod coming in from the top. This creates a clearance if the pushrods should cross. The new pushrod in pushrod bearing (Marked D. or Stern Plane) was tight again. I am sure that the brass rod has a variance to it, a little variance and it gets super tight. I sanded with 1200 grit paper. Chucking up the brass rod into the bit, I turned the rod at a slow speed and moved the sand paper up and down to try to keep it even. Then applied a lot of silicon oil to the rod and worked it through the bearing and moved through its paces seeing if it would get better. It did get better.
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